RMAX vs. DOUG, OPAD, HOUS, FUNC, MRNO, SNFCA, OPBK, CFFI, CWBC, and PIM
Should you be buying RE/MAX stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RE/MAX include Douglas Elliman (DOUG), Offerpad Solutions (OPAD), Anywhere Real Estate (HOUS), First United (FUNC), Murano Global Investments (MRNO), Security National Financial (SNFCA), OP Bancorp (OPBK), C&F Financial (CFFI), Community West Bancshares (CWBC), and Putnam Master Intermediate Income Trust (PIM). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Douglas Elliman (NYSE:DOUG) and RE/MAX (NYSE:RMAX) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
Douglas Elliman has a net margin of -7.05% compared to Douglas Elliman's net margin of -22.51%. RE/MAX's return on equity of -20.62% beat Douglas Elliman's return on equity.
RE/MAX received 288 more outperform votes than Douglas Elliman when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.55% of users gave RE/MAX an outperform vote while only 28.57% of users gave Douglas Elliman an outperform vote.
Douglas Elliman has higher revenue and earnings than RE/MAX. RE/MAX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Douglas Elliman, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
59.6% of Douglas Elliman shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.2% of RE/MAX shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.3% of Douglas Elliman shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of RE/MAX shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, RE/MAX had 5 more articles in the media than Douglas Elliman. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for RE/MAX and 4 mentions for Douglas Elliman. RE/MAX's average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Douglas Elliman's score of 0.24 indicating that Douglas Elliman is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Douglas Elliman has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RE/MAX has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
RE/MAX has a consensus price target of $11.60, suggesting a potential upside of 19.59%. Given Douglas Elliman's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe RE/MAX is more favorable than Douglas Elliman.
Summary
Douglas Elliman beats RE/MAX on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding RMAX and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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